Walk It Through: The Medical Card
A registry card, the amount allowed, plants at home, and a drive after a dose.
A patient with a registry card buys medical cannabis at a dispensary.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
One patient with a card. Applying for a card, a caregiver's role, a dispensary license and employment drug testing are not worked through here.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- Actual physical controlBeing in control of a vehicle without driving it. The DUI law forbids driving or being in actual physical control of any vehicle while impaired or at 0.08 percent or more.
- Class 1 misdemeanorThe more serious of the two misdemeanor classes, with a maximum of one year in a county jail or a $2,000 fine, or both.
- Class 6 felonyThe least serious felony class: a maximum of two years in a state correctional facility or a fine of $4,000, or both.
- Financial responsibilityThe insurance, bond or deposit every driver or owner maintains on a vehicle at all times. Failing to maintain it is a Class 2 misdemeanor.
- Implied consentThe rule that anyone who drives in South Dakota is considered to have consented to a test of blood, breath or another bodily substance. A refusal may be admitted at trial.
- Allowable amount of cannabisWhat a medical cannabis cardholder may have: three ounces of cannabis or less, the products the rules allow, and with a cultivation card two flowering plants and two that are not.
- CardholderA person with a medical cannabis registry card, who is not subject to arrest, prosecution or penalty for medical use within the allowable amount.